Word: checker
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...swank Lake Shore Drive district Cord maintains a large apartment. When visiting Manhattan he lives expensively in a suite at the WaldorfAstoria. Over the U. S. sweeps the Kingdom of Cord: at Camden, his $15,000,000 New York Shipbuilding Corp.: in Kalamazoo, his $4,500,000 Checker Cab Manufacturing Corp., largest in the U. S.; in Williamsport. Pa., his Lycoming Manufacturing Co. said to be the largest motor-builders in the world; in Wayne, Mich., his Stinson Aircraft Corp.. biggest U. S. builders of cabin airplanes; in Cleveland his Smith Controllable Pitch Propeller Co.; and in Auburn...
...think that he has had shyness thrust upon him. Several nights ago the "haute monde" of Back Bay tendered him a reception at Mrs. Hank Gardiner's Palace, Fenway Court. Droves of guests arrived, long before Mr. Conant, and gave their names to the list-checker at the door. Finally a lank man in spectacles appeared at the door, walking towards the dazzling show. He was quickly stopped by the doorman...
Christian Arthur Wellesley, 4th Earl Cowley, a great-great-grandnephew of the Duke of Wellington, who last June married a hat-checker in a Reno. Nev. night club, announced that he had bought a ranch in Washoe Valley, Nev.. planned to renounce his seat in the House of Lords, become a U. S. citizen. Explained he: "My wife and the life of the West mean more to me than titles. We shall be immensely happy on our little ranch. We shall have sufficient pasture for my horses, raise a little hay, and settle down to being happy...
Died. Paul Charles L'Amoreaux, 47, president of Parmelee Transportation Co.; of angina pectoris; in Manhattan. An attorney, in 1922 he arranged the merger of Chicago's Checker, Yellow and Parmelee taxicab companies. Last year he became president of Parmelee, vigorously advo- cated municipal control of New York City's swarming cabs...
...Errett Lobban Cord, who last fortnight added ships to his transportation empire (TIME, Aug. 14), last week annexed another province-taxicabs. His loyal, hardbitten Lieutenant Lucius Bass Manning quietly announced that his boss had obtained control of $4,000,000 Checker Cab Manufacturing Corp., largest U. S. company building taxis exclusively. As is almost always the case when Cord Corp. buys up a company. Mr. Cord stepped in as chairman, Lou Manning went on the executive committee...